Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

Richard Watts's Latest Articles

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Singing about the love that dare not speak its name

Sydney is set to host the world premiere of a new musical inspired by E.M. Forster’s Maurice and Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

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Theatre Works opens its doors to the under 12s

Kaleidoscope is a new mini-festival designed to introduce children and their families to participatory art experiences.

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Tasmania mourns arts advocate Jeremy Ball

A passionate supporter of the arts, Launceston’s Deputy Mayor died in a car accident on Monday.

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Proactive approach required on cultural diversity

Can major companies learn from a Melbourne artist’s hands-on approach to recruiting culturally diverse audiences?

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11 intriguing shows to see at Melbourne Fringe

Over 400 shows involving more than 5000 artists feature in this year’s Fringe; choosing what to see doesn’t have to…

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Australian Ballet’s 2015 season intensifies national and international focus

A new production of Sleeping Beauty directed by Artistic Director David McAllister features in the touring program.

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Family drama pushes buttons at QTC

Theatremaker Todd MacDonald has made art out of one of his daughter's Tuberous Sclerosis diagnosis and its impact on his…

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Yirra Yaakin revisit King Hit

Originally staged in 1997, this critically acclaimed play strikes at the very heart of the Stolen Generation.

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Filling big shoes: replacing a founding Artistic Director

How do you replace someone whose personality, artistry and aesthetic sensibility have come to define a company’s creative output to…

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When the mountain changed its clothing

Created with the Carmina Slovenica choir, Heiner Goebbels’ latest work is a meditation on time and the end of innocence.

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